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== Enabling Package Caching ==
#REDIRECT [[Alpine Package Keeper#Enabling_Local_Cache_with_current_releases]]
 
'''''This document applies to Alpine 1.9 and later versions only'''''
 
Package caching is useful when the need arises to upgrade packages on read-only media. Package caching allows you to store newer packages in a location on writable media, which Alpine checks for when loading packages on start-up.
 
This can be enabled either from the console or through the ACF.
 
'''Note:''' For package upgrades, it is useful to point Alpine Package Manager to repositories on the internet, to easily obtain package upgrades when they become available.
 
{{Using_Internet_Repositories_for_apk-tools}}
 
=== Enable caching from the console ===
 
''Substitute 'sda1' in the example below for the actual device you will use to store the caching directory.''
 
First upgrade apk-tools:
apk add –u apk-tools
 
Now enable package caching:
mkdir –p /media/sda1/cache
ln –s /media/sda1/cache /etc/apk/cache
 
=== From the ACF ===
 
Browse to '''System > Packages > Cache'''
 
''Edit Cache Settings:''
 
Tick '''Enable Cache'''
 
Specify the '''Cache Directory''', for example:
/media/sda1/cache
 
Click '''Save'''

Latest revision as of 16:35, 4 November 2022